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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Common Green Gecko , Green Tree Gecko, Auckland green gecko, Elegant Gecko
G: Grüner Baumgecko 
SynonymNaultinus elegans GRAY 1842: 72
Naultinus elegans — GRAY 1843: 203
Gymnodactylus Elegans — DUMÉRIL 1851
Gymnodactylus elegans — DUMÉRIL 1856
Hoplodactylus elegans — FITZINGER 1861
Naultinus elegans — BULLER 1870: 7
Naultinus sulphureus BULLER 1871
Naultinus elegans — BOULENGER 1885: 168
Naultinus grayi — HUTTON & DRUMMOND 1905 (partim)
Naultinus elegans form elegans — MCCANN 1955 (partim)
Naultinus elegans form sulphureus — MCCANN 1955
Naultinus elegans form ocellatus — MCCANN 1955
Naultinulus elegans — CHRAPLIWY et al. 1961 (partim)
Naultinus elegans elegans — ROBB & HITCHMOUGH 1980
Naultinus elegans elegans — RÖSLER 2000: 96
Naultinus elegans — NIELSEN et al. 2011
Naultinus elegans — RÖSLER 2018: 43 
DistributionNew Zealand (N North Island, except Northland)

Type locality: Auckland, New Zealand.

not recognized anymore:

pentagonalis: Type locality: Hampden, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.

sulphureus: Type locality: Rotorua, North Island.  
ReproductionViviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.22.36 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2667 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSubspecies: Naultinus elegans punctatus GRAY 1843 has been elevated to full species status.

Type Species: Naultinus elegans GRAY 1842 is the type species of the genus Naultinus GRAY 1842. 
EtymologyThe name elegans (Latin) means tasteful, choice, fine, select or elegant and appears to refer to the color pattern or overall body shape. 
References
  • Barts, M. & Hulbert, F. 2004. Die Geckos der Welt. Draco 5 (18): 4-17 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Buller, W. 1871. A list of the lizards inhabiting New Zealand, with descriptions. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 3 [1870]:4-11 - get paper here
  • Burt, Charles E.; Burt, May Danheim 1932. Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. VI. Pacific island amphibians and reptiles in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (5): 461-597 - get paper here
  • Colenso, W. 1880. Notes and observations on the animal economy and habits of one of our New Zealand lizards, supposed to be a new species of Naultinus. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 12 [1879]:251-264.
  • Cree, Alison and Kelly M. Hare 2016. Reproduction and Life History of New Zealand Lizards. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 169-206 - get paper here
  • Gaulke, M. & Altenbach, A. 2003. 100% pure New Zealand. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (41): 56-63 - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1843. Descriptions of the reptiles and Amphibia hitherto observed in New Zealand. Pp. 202-206. In Dieffenbach, E., Travels in New Zealand. J. Murray, London, 396 pp. - get paper here
  • Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of two hitherto unrecorded species of reptiles from New Zealand; presented to the British Museum by Dr. Dieffenbach. Zoological Miscellany 2: 72.Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London. - get paper here
  • Henle, K. 1981. Die Herpetofauna Neuseelands, Teil 4: Endemische Geckos. Herpetofauna 3 (15): 16-19 - get paper here
  • HITCHMOUGH, R. A., NIELSEN, S. V., LYSAGHT, J. A., & BAUER, A. M. 2021. A new species of Naultinus from the Te Paki area, northern New Zealand. Zootaxa 4915 (3): 389-400 - get paper here
  • Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Geoffrey B. Patterson, and David G. Chapple 2016. Putting a Name to Diversity: Taxonomy of the New Zealand Lizard Fauna. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 87-108 - get paper here
  • McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum Bulletin (17): 1—127.
  • Nielsen, Stuart V.; Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman, Rod A. Hitchmough and Charles H. Daugherty 2011. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (1): 1-22 - get paper here
  • Robb, J. & Hitchmough, R.A. 1980. REVIEW OF THE GENUS Naultinus Gray (REPTILIA:GEKKONIDAE). Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 16: 189-200
  • Robb,J. 1986. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Colour, Revised Edition. Collins, Auckland
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Studien an den Begattungsorganen der Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota) - 3. Die Hemipenismorphologie von Arten der Gattungen Hoplodactylus FITZINGER 1843, Naultinus GRAY 1842, Oedura GRAY 1842, Rhacodactylus FITZINGER 1843 und Strophurus FITZINGER 1843 (Gek Gekkota 2: 220-248
  • Rösler, H. 2018. Haftbar -- Die einzigartige Welt der Geckos. Begleitheft zur Ausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Erfurt Mai-Aug 2018, 96 pp.
  • Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160
  • Rowlands, Rod 1996. The green tree gecko. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (Feb 1996): 12-19
  • Rowlands, Rod 2002. Selective Breeding of the Green Tree Gecko, Naultinus elegans elegans. Gekko 3 (2): 41-44
  • Winkel, D. van, Baling, M. & Hitchmough, R. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A field guide. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 376 pp.
 
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